Table III Bivariate and multivariable...

Table III

Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses of factors associated with good medical adherence among elderly hypertension patients with uncontrolled blood pressure

	Medical adherence level (%)
Factors	Higher	Lower	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Gender
Male	18.2	81.8	1	1	0.209
Female	10.6	89.4	1.75 (0.972–3.176)	1.49 (0.800–2.785)
Care taker
No care taker	25	75	1	1	1.60
Married partner	14.5	85.5	1.88 (0.186–19.106)	2.92 (0.656–12.998)	0.655
Son	16.4	83.6	1.56 (1.52–16.167)	1.43 (0.294–6.995)	0.029*
Daughter	3.6	96	7.859 (0.608–101.5569)	7.99 (1.235–51.78)	0.799
Child in law	30.0	70.0	0.65 (0.045–9.315)	1.44 (0.086–24.350)
Number of medications
1–2	9.8	90.2	1	1	0.155
⩾3	17.4	82.6	0.649 (0.331–1.273)	0.172 (0.816–3.589)
Smoking
Non-smoker	10.5	89.5	1	1	0.162
Smoker	20.4	79.6	0.595 (0.300–1.182)	0.171 (0.806–3.635)

	Medical adherence level (%)
Factors	Higher	Lower	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Gender
Male	18.2	81.8	1	1	0.209
Female	10.6	89.4	1.75 (0.972–3.176)	1.49 (0.800–2.785)
Care taker
No care taker	25	75	1	1	1.60
Married partner	14.5	85.5	1.88 (0.186–19.106)	2.92 (0.656–12.998)	0.655
Son	16.4	83.6	1.56 (1.52–16.167)	1.43 (0.294–6.995)	0.029*
Daughter	3.6	96	7.859 (0.608–101.5569)	7.99 (1.235–51.78)	0.799
Child in law	30.0	70.0	0.65 (0.045–9.315)	1.44 (0.086–24.350)
Number of medications
1–2	9.8	90.2	1	1	0.155
⩾3	17.4	82.6	0.649 (0.331–1.273)	0.172 (0.816–3.589)
Smoking
Non-smoker	10.5	89.5	1	1	0.162
Smoker	20.4	79.6	0.595 (0.300–1.182)	0.171 (0.806–3.635)

Notes: COR, Crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odd ratio; CI, confidence interval. *p-value<0.05

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